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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Here in the US, the google case basically said that it's legal to scan in the books, but not legal to make those books available in whole, you can make small portions available.
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We're talking slightly at cross-purposes.
There are (at least) three different types of books at archive.org.
1. Scans of public domain books, which are perfectly legal.
2. Copies of copyrighted books which can be loaned. This is what the disputes mentioned previously are concerning.
3. Unregulated uploads of books by third parties. This is where the pirated material is.